Hi, I noticed that some MOTUs package new upstream releases without notifying the Debian maintainer. Just to help understand the problem, an example of suchregularly package is gparted, whose debian version is 0.0.9-1, while the current universe version is 0.1-0ubuntu1.
Such work is nice, but please notify the Debian maintainer that you packaged the new upstream release: * duplication of work in the free software world is useless, we have enough to do. * this will make later merges much easier to do for us, since it avoids divergence. The easiest to do that is by filing a bug in the Debian Bug Tracking System. A. If there's no "new upstream release available" bug opened in the Debian BTS, you can use the following template as an example: (note that I haven't actually submitted a bug about gparted). --------------- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: new upstream release available Package: gparted Version: 0.0.9-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: +patch Hi, I've noticed that a new upstream release for gparted was available (version 0.1). I've worked on packaging it inside Ubuntu. You can get patches from http://people.ubuntu.com/~scott/patches/gparted/ Thank you for your work, Lucas --------------- If a "new upstream release available" bug (or similar) already exists, you can use this template (assuming the bug number is 424242) : --------------- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: new upstream release available tag 424242 +patch thanks Hi, I've worked on packaging version 0.1 inside Ubuntu. You can get patches from http://people.ubuntu.com/~scott/patches/gparted/ Thank you for your work, Lucas --------------- Thanks all, -- | Lucas Nussbaum | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/ | | jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 1024D/023B3F4F | -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
